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8 PHYSICIANS
FAILED.

The treatment of many thousands Of cases
of those chronic weaknesses and distressing
ailments peculiar to females, at the Inyalids
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N.Y.,
has afforded vast experience in nicely
adapting and thoroughly testing remedies
for the cure of woman's peculiar maladies.
DR.. Piorce's Fav0rite Prescription
is the outg1owth. or result, Of this great
testimopials. received from Patiente and
more aggravated and obstinate eases which
had baft1ed their skill, prove It to be the
most wonderful remedy ever devised for
the relief and cure Of suffering women. It
as a. most perfect Specific for woman's
peculiar ailments.
AZ a powerful, invlgorating tonic,
it imparts strength to the whole system.
and to the uterus, or womb and its ap-
~orns out" rundown" debiitated t teach.
ers, milliners, dreesmakers, seamstreeses,
"shop -gtrlS," housekeeper1, nursin6 moth.
ers, and feeble women: generally, Or.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription IL the great
est earthly boon, being unequalled % 90
sppetizing cordial and restorative tonic, It
promotes digestion and assimilation Of food,
AddfQ0a WORLOp3 OI131
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Ono Of Artemus Wards Letters.

Ono OF Artemus Wards Letters.
The following letter from Artemus
Ward to little Elmira girl, and re.
Gently published for the first time, is in
the possession of an Elmira IN. W.
gentleman:
SALEM, MASS, June 10, 1864.
MY DEAR AMELA-I cannot tell you
how much miss you.
1t seems as though I had lost all
relatives. including my grandmother
and the cooking stove.
Why didn't put you in a bottle
ana 6rlng you down here with me?
But am always forgetting something.
The other day went off and forgot
my Aunt Sarah, and she's q good deal
bigger than you are. Mr.. Ramsey is
also q very forgetful man. He fire.
quentIy goes off and forgets his wash
erwoman. Mr. Ramsey is a very fine
looking man. He reminds me of Mr..
Green, the Maiden murderer. When
Mr.: Ramsey goes to the penitentiary,
which will be very soon, we must send
MN doughnuts, magazines and other
literary documents. Mr.. Ramsey can
read print very we'll.
l like you very much. l should like
you just as Well if you were twelve
years older. I am very singular
about some things.
You spoke to me about boy who
is my rival. I should feel very sorry
to Kill that boy, but he may drive me
to 1t. am in hopes that he will take
himself into a premature tomb-that
he will choke himself with large
slice OF pudding, but if he does neither
l shall feel forced to load him with
chains and read all my lectures to
him. That will finish him. His boots
may remain, but the rest will have
persisted long ere get through!
You must be good little girl, and
always mind your mother. Never let
your excellent mother feel sorry that
she is acquainted with you. II it
hadn't been for her you might have
drowned in q soup plate long ago.
And fyou hadn't ever had any moth
er you might be Turkey with the
Turkeys. In fact, my dear Amelia,
so conduct yourself thatev on dark
and rainy days the bright sun may
shine wherever you are, and that the
stars (which are next to the sun in
brightness may never fash so bright.
~ but that you can always look
steadily and hopefully towards them.
Faithfully, your friend,
A. Ward.
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ESTR!AN0ED.

4 barrier hath risen between
Thy heart and mine! Oh friend, wesp-
Cruel and strong, though al unseen!
We made that barrier. thou and I.
And strengthened it az days went by;
All, me! I scarcely know how or why!
Mayhap some promise made and bro.
ken
Some word ,unkind or lightly spoken;
Then, hearts that grieved but gave no
token.
Farewell! Oh loyal heart and true,
How wouldst thou pity il thou knew
The mazos that wander through.
As wider, wider, every day,
Our paths diverge-Oh friend, pray
That thine may be the SUMMER way!
I in my lone lot scarce could pine
While thou were quaffing ltle's red wine,
Fen though its bitterest cup were
katherine E. Conway.
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History of Great War Lyric.
my Maryland!" was written by Mr..


"My Maryland!" was written by Mr..
James r. Randall, a native of Balti.
more, and now residing in Augusta, Ga.
The poet was a professor of English
literature and the classics in Poy-
dras College, at Pointe Coupee. on the
Fausse Riviere, in Louisiana, about
seven miles from the Mississippi: and
there in April, in 1861, he read in the
New Orleans Delta, the news of the at
tack on the Massachusetts, troops as
they passed through Baltimore.
'"This account excited me greatly"
Mr.. Randall writes. in answer to my
request for information; II had long
been absent from my native city, and
the startling event there infamed my
mind. That night could not sleep,
for my nerves were all unstrung. and
could not dismiss what l had read in
the paper from my mind. About mid
night arose, lit q candle and went
to my desk. Some pc werful spirit
seemed to possess me, and almost i'm:
voluntarily proceeded to write the
song of My Maryland l remember
OAeSo VIC AASeS e1PpSeSA0N w AASV Ge1A0
shape as music in the brain-some
wild air that cannot now recall.
The whole poem was dashed offrapid-
ly when once begun. 1t was not COM
posed in cold blood, but under what
may be called a confagration of the
senses, if not an aspiration of the in.
tellect. l was stirred to desire for
some way linking my name with that
on my native State, if not with my
lands language But I never expect.
cd to do this with one single supreme
effort. and no one was more surprised
than l Was at the wide spread and In.
Simultaneous popularity of the lyric
had been so strangely stimulated to
write."o Mr.. Randall read the poem
the next morning to the college boys,
and at their suggestion sent it into
the Delta. in which it was first printed
and from which it was copied into
nearly every southern journal. II
did not concern myselfmuch about it, y
Mr.. Randall adds. "but very soon
from all parts OF the country there
was borne to me, in my remote place
Of residence, evidence that l had made
great hit, and that whatever might
be the fate of the Confederacy. the
song would survive it."-Century.
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I'm pregnancy, Favorite Prescription ."
is "mothers cordial" relieving nausea,
weakness Of stomach and other distressing
symptoms common to that condition. II
it's use 10 kept up in the latter months Of
livery as to greatly lessen, and many times
almost entirely do away with the sufferings
of that trying ordeal.
HFavofite Prescripti0 n,o when taken
in connection with the use OF DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and small lhxa-
tive doses of Or. Pierce's Purgative Pellets
little LIVER Pills., cures Liver, Kidney and
Bladder diseases: Their combined use also
removes blood taints, and abolishes can
cerous and scrofulous humors from the
@Favorite Prescription" is the only
medicine for women sold. by druggists,
under q positive guarantee, from the
manufacturers, that 1t will give satisfac-
ton in every case, or money will be re-
funded. This guarantee has been printed
on the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully car
ried out fol. many years. LarEe bottles
Qeo doseO $1'oo' or six bottles for
~ Send ten cents in stamps for DR..
Pierce'0 large, illustrated Treatise 40
poges3 on Diseases of Women.
!, 663 Main Street. BUFFALO. NJ
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! JEALOUS
| Doc1oRs.

cures nausea, weakness Of stomach, indi-
A q soothing and strengthening
nervine," Favorite Prescription is un-
equalled and is invaluable in allaytng and
subduing nervous excitability. irritability,
commonly attendant upon functional Il 9 and
refreshing sleep and relieves mental anx-
iety and dependency. ,-...
is . Legitimate medicine, carefully
compounded by an experienced and skillful
physician, and adapted to woman's delicate
Organization. It Is purely vegetable in its
it and sfset the a9ste IN IT.
,*Fsxorits P5sscriPtio a,, - T. = post ;
obstinate cases Of leucorrhea, or whites"
excessive flowing at monthly periods: pain 3ah.
prolapeus or. falling Of the womb. weak
back, female weakness" anteverston, re-
trovefsion, bearing-down sensations, chron-
10 congestion, inflammation and uloeration
Of the womb, Inflammation, pain and ten
derneee in ovaries, accompanied With IN.
ternal heat"
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MARKETS..

CMcAGo:-Wheat, No. 2, spring, 6s5c; No. 3,
spring. 674c; No. red 7oHc Corn. No. 2, 4 &c.
Oats, No; 2, Csc. Rye, No. 2. 47c: Barley, No.
2, 76c. Flaxseed. No. 1, .O6. Timothy seed,
prime, $2.28. Mess pork, Steps. Lard,
$6.37h per 100.
DULUfH:-Wheat. No. l, hard, TIC.
MlNNEAPoLIs-Nh heat, No. l, hard, 6SHc No.
l, Northern, GAGE; No. 2, Northern, $3.50 Bran,
$3.50 to s9.75. Corn, 80 to 39Nc. Oats, mix.
seed. osc. Mixed teed, $14.25 to s14.75. Hay,
$500 to $1,000
ST. PAuL:-Wheat. No. 1, hard, zoe; No. 1,
NORTHERN. &c. No. 2, Northern, &C; Corn, No.
white. 26c Barley No. 2. 5sc; No. 3. 4Oc to
soc. Rye: No. 2, 41c., Ground feed, No. !.
Sl47S GSr2 Nm gn5olted $780, Baed
hay, $12.5O. Flaxseed, S1.OO. Bran, $11.5O.
MlLwAuKEE:-Wheat, 691zc. Corn. No: 3, 41c.
Oats Ne 2 x Mhite' S7Ac Rye No 49 %S
Lard, $685.. Butter, dairy, 16 to 18c. Eggs
15A to 16c. Cheese, II to Ike
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Spruce Gum.

A newspaper writer describes the
manner i'll which spruce gum isgather-
ed and prepared for the market. The
fact that tons of gum are sold every
year.,is evidence OF the fact that there
is no decrease in the ranks of the VIC
Tins OF the gum habit. Most of the
spruce gum comes from Canada and
northern Maine, while Vermont and
New Hampshire contribute a moder-
ate quantity to the total yield.
The best gum comes from no partic-
ular section. but always from the
biggest spruce trees, and it begins to
run in July or August, when, in these
high latitudes, the sun becomes so hot
as to crack the bark. On the limbs,
in the crotches, and even on the trunk
OF the spruce, the moken gum forms
during the heat of summer, in all sorts
OF fantastic shapes. and when cold
weather sets in it becomes hard.
The first year after it's run the gum
is white and pitchy, then it begins to
turn amber and red, and the second
year it is fit to "plck" for the market,
although it Is better if allowed to re-
main on the trees until the third year.
After the third season the gum re-.
mains in the same state for several
years, and then begins to "turn old, I"
as the pickers say, and the consumer
complains that it 'chews hard" and
crumbles up. A little more age makes
it dark-colored and bitter, and then
it's value is gone.
Up in Canada much of the gum is
picked in the autumn, beginning as
early as October, but there, as in
Maine, the best time for the work is
during the deep SHOWS in winter, when
snowshoes are used, or in the early
spring, when a man can travel along
at q lively rate on the heavy crust,
above the underbrush.
The pickers are provided with long
poles, on the end of which is fastened
a sharp chisel, and underneath that a
cup to receive the gum as it is Clipped
off. The cup holds from pint to a
quart, and when full it is emptied in
to a long bag which the packer carries
slung to his back like a knapsack.
These gum.harvesters erect huts in
the woods when far distant from a
settlement or a logging camp, and
stay from two days to a week on q
trip. When they have secured as
much as they can "tote," the come
out, and then the women and children
have the tedious job of scrapipg each
and every lump free from bark and
moss.
The clean. bright article offered for
sale in the shops looks very different
from the brown nuggets in the picker
bag, although occasionally clear,
shiny piece is found on the limb of q
large tree.
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and wet was dashed into our faces
and fell all about US. The next mo.
ment woman's terrible cry, mingled
with q baby's frightened scream, rang
throuzh tho cabin.
With another cry, almost as blood.
curhine, my mountaineer sprang up,
and, ere could divine his intention,
dashed madly through the door and
into the raging storm without.
1t was truly q moment of horror.
and my first impulse was to follow
my wildly fleeing companion. But
the next moment l realized the utter
madness of facing such storm in i'm
penetrable darkness on q precipitous
mountain side
Feeling for my revolver I grasped it
firmly in one hand and CROPPED my
way to the fireplace with the other.
It was banked with snow!
next felt for a match in order to
strike q light, and realized with hor.
ror that the last one in my possession
had been used to start the fire. Tho
terrible cries and screams now momen-
tarily increased, intermingled with
low means and mysterious footsteps.
Suddenly became aware that some.
| thing or some one was stealthily ap.
preaching the fireplace where stood.
The next moment two burning eyes,
apparently fixed on me, glowed
through the darkness. That it was q
critical moment felt in every vein
and fiber. Quick as thought raised
my revolver, took deliberate aim, and
fred.
There was a sharp report, binding
Hash, a human cry of agony, a wom-
ans blood-curdling shrek again, a few
low, pitiful means, then all was still
Tor an instant or so.
The next moment there was the
rush OF footsteps, hoarse. maddened
cries-once more the sound OF heavy
body passing through space. Again
silence, and then the same low means,
intermingled with heavy sobs of pain.
Cropping my way to the corner of
the cabin at the right of the fireplace,
l climbed, by means of the chinks be.
tween the logs, as quickly as the
darkness and my own safety would
allow, to a long shelf had previous
~ noticed considerable distance
above the floor and but a couple OF
feet or so beneath the lott. And there
upon my left side, with my face turned
toward the room below, and revolt
Yer in hand, l lay through the long
hours of the night.
The morning light showed me dead
upon the floor huge panther, while
a careful investigation of the cabin
and its surroundings by the same
light fully cleared up the mystery OF
the terrible cries and other sounds
we had heard.
Three days later the body of the
unfortunate mountaineer was found
some two hundred yards or more
from the cabin where it had been
completely buried in snowdrift.
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smoke cause papa did. but I'll quit il

smoke cause papa did. but I'll quit i
he does"
$50 will l." said Walter, blushine.
''The fellows tessed mo to try it, and
Will Courtney gave me these. ! be-
gun to like 'em, but felt mean when
Hooked at mother. knew she feel
bad to have me smoke, she hated it
so. I'm glad It's out. mamma. I'm
quits. too"
II declare" said Uncle Jacob, this
is what 1 call an anti.tobacco club. "
"Oh, papa, cried Walter, ''lots OF
the boys are smoking just like us.
mean to get up q club; can I? May
ask some Of them here and have I'm.
Gle Jacob tell his srory, and We ours;
may I?''
ASK your mother. boy" an.
swered.
Indeed you may, Walter" replied
Mary. "l'll help you all I can. We'll
have a resi- Thanksgiving supper"
:'Oh, mamma! how good you are.
I'm SO sorry cheated you," said
Walter.
"And I, tool" said Harry, Jr.
land I, three!" said Harry. Sr.
"But ! have q confession to make y
said Mary, Softly.
"You, Mary!" whispered.
"You, mammal" cried both the
boys.
"You, Mollie!" cried Uncle Jacob,
with 2 queer smile. "Have you been
smoking, too?"
*"Not exactly" said mamma. AT
least in another way. Do you re.
member, Harry, when we were first
married We had talk on smoking.
and limited at the expense? You
said should have as much money to
spend. just as pleased, as you smok'
ed up: Come this way and see my
smoking money"
And we followed her to the library,
which had been under lock and key
for several days, for some mysterious
reason.
"See these!' she said. "See these
cases of new books. See this set oil
Encyclopedias. These are for you,
Harry. This Dickens set is for you,
Walter, and these Artists Histories
and these Rollo Books are for you,
little Hal; and this case OF poems is
for myself and my family, and it all
came out OF smoke!'
Harry and Walter had their party,
and started Tobacco Reform Club
Walter may tell of that some time il
he wishes, but more came of it than
even this. The new books must b.
read. AS did not go to the Office to
smoke, l stayed at home more. W.
almost had our honeymoon owe,
again. Then Mary coaxed me tc
prayer meeting with her and I found
the help l needsd.
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There 10 q good deal OF uneasiness in po-
litical circles regarding the rumored at
tempt OF the Mexicans Of Guatemala to sc.
cure the support of the United States gov.
eminent as against Mexico. It is felt here
that such q step would do much to disturb
the pleasant relations existing between
Mexico and the United States,
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Another Story from Texas.

About ITO miles east of Ell Paso,
near Sierra Blanca, on the line OF the
Texas and Pacific Railroad, there is a
strange phenomenon that has just
come to public notice. The authority
for the statement about to be made
is ex.Gov. John c. Brown of Tennes-
see, receiver of the Texas and Pacific,
who visited this city a few days ago,
accompanied by several officials of the
road, including Division superinten-
dent Judy, in whose Jurisdiction the
phenomenon is located. Gov. Brown
and Superintendent Judy told the
story to one or two persons here, and it
has just come to q reporters ears.
About three years ago the Texas
and Pacific Railway Company under.
took to sink an artesian we'll g. few
miles below Sierre Blanca, which is a
little hamlet 95 miles east of Ell
Paso. The workmen put the pipe
down about 600 feet when suddenly an
underground cavern was struck, the
drill dropping about six feet, aud g.
current OF air rushed up the pipe.
Drilling ceased and the we'll was aban.
doned, the six hundred feet OF pipe
remaining in the ground and giving a
connection between the surface OF the
earth and the estrange subterranean
avity a quarter of a. mile beneath.
The phenomenon did not at that
time attract the attention of any one
sufficiently interested to investigate.
Recently however, Superintendent
Judy's attention was called to it, and
his personal examination and inqui-
ries have developed peculiar facts and
testimony about the wonderful we'll.
The people near by have been in the
habit OF going and sitting about the
we'll in summer to enjoy the cool, in
MIGRATING air that rushes up the pipe.
One of the strangest things is the fact
that the current OF air GIBBS and flows
like the ocean tides. From about TO-
Is a. m. till 1O.15 pm. a current of air
PUSHES out OF the pipe with a sound
that resembles the noise OF the loco
motive blowing off steam, and so loud
that it can be heard for forty or fifty
yards. At 1915 p. nj. the overflow
cir ceases and strong suction sets in,
which lasts for the next twelve hours,
this ebb and flow continuing day alter
day, and it has been observed by
horsemen that whenever they get in
the neighborhood of this we'll strong
magnetic forces are felt and sparks are
given off if the horses name Is touched.
Recently man from Sierra Blanca
was sittingclose to the we'll, and on tax
ing out his pocket-knife found nail
which he had in his pocket clinging ia
the knife. He held the knife in the
current of the air and found the mag
netic property was greatly inc eased
Several weeks ago Supt. Judy held his
pocket.knife in the current of air fol
four minutes and the knife is still
strongly magnet,zed from the effect
The outhowing current OF air is be-
lieved to possess remarkable curative
properties. Its efficiency is to be test
ed by experiments upon cases of par
aaysis and other diseases.-Galvestor
News.
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CHICAGO on the New Sensation.

The bars had to wheel into line, Moxie
was the call every where. 1t was the same
in New York, Philadelphia. Washington
and other large cities. Imitators attempt.
ed to kill it, but the boys did not get the
effect from the bogus and cut their saloons.
This brought dealers to their senses and
now pure Moxie is the rule. Look out in
Chicago. Fraud never succeeds by q trick
of that kind.
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The Gallatin glass works at Sharpsburg,
Pa. were totally destroyed by fire. The
factory employed IS hands. Loss, $751;
900; very little insurance.
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NJ. D. Ball. United States attorney for
Alaska, died on the steamer Aucon, while
en- route to Seattle. His body was ship.
ped to Washington City.
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Dropping out OF the hair, with itching of
the scalp, prevented, and the scalp made
cool and healthy by the use of Halls Vege-
table Sicilian Hair Remover.
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Julius johnson, twelve years old, was
killed by the accidental discharge of. his
shot gun while hunting in a road cart
with another young boy near Osseo, Wis.
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Walking advertise ments for DR.. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy are the thousands it has
cured.
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The veteran kickers Of Harvard, Yale
Williams and Dartmouth join hands and
down the state university lads at Ninnea.
polls in a lively game Of foot ball.
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The yellow fever epidemic at Key West Is
practically at an end.
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N. p. Clark and family, st. Cloud, will
leave for Europe next IL onth to be absent
for several months.
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Capt. r. w. Andrews Of Sumpter. s. c.,
aged ninety.seven, has walked 10000
miles during the last four years. His last
stroll as from Sumter to Boston.
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No opium in Pisos cure for consumption.
Cures where other remedies fail. 25cts.
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Come to tho bridal chamber, Death!
Come to the mother. when she feel
For the first time, her first born's breath
And tho,1 a r. forrih1ai

And Thou art terrible!
The untimely death which annually car
ries off thousands of human beings in the
prime OF youth, is indeed terrible. The
first approach of consumption is insidious,
and the sufferer himself is the most uncon-
scious Of its approach. One of the most
alarming symptoms of this dread disease
is, in fact, the ineradicable hope, which
turks in the heart of the victim. preventing
him from taking timely steps to arrest the
malady. That it can DO arrested in it's
earlier stages is beyond question, as there
are hundreds of well.authenticated cases
where DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry has effected a complete cure.
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E. S. Wheeler, tho insolvent iron i'm.
porter OF New Haven. has been arrested
for obtaining money under false pretenses.
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ATFial bY JuPy.

That great American jury, tho people,
have rendered a unanimous verdict in iav.
or OF DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pei
let's, the standard remedy for bowel and
stomach isorders, biliousnees, sick head.
ache, dizziness. constipation and sluggish
liver.
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FRAZER AXLE GREASE will last two weeks
all others two to three days. Try it.